SFC Capital backed the pre-seed round to help advance the company's know your network platform.
"Financial crime is becoming increasingly sophisticated and difficult to fight. The work Schwarzthal Tech is doing is already helping tackle financial crime and we are proud to be a partner on their journey. Marius-Cristian’s vast knowledge on the subject and incredible experience in financial crime research puts the company a step ahead of others in the sector: he already knows what needs to be done."
The pre-seed round was led by Innovate UK and Founders Factory with backing from global angel investors.
"Umazi is a fantastic example of the kind of regtech innovation needed to transform an all too unglamorous but vital function – corporate due diligence. As a partner, we’re delighted to be trialling Umazi’s technology, and early indications show it will help make our own supplier onboarding process much more efficient."
The pre-seed round was co-led by IQ Capital and Ahren Innovation Capital to support team expansion and technology validation.
"Our ability to take a sample from someone with an unknown infection and answer the open question 'what do they have?' within a minute is a gamechanger for infection diagnosis and treatment. We’ll start with respiratory viruses and expand from there. In parallel, we’ll be simplifying the workflow to move the test from the lab to point of care, which will represent a step change in the availability and cost of infectious disease diagnostics worldwide."
Nigel Wray and Deborah Okenla participated in the pre-seed round for the dog training software provider.
"I’m absolutely delighted we’ve secured this funding from some of the UK’s top Angel investors. They are people who I’ve admired for a long time and who now are helping me build this business. We are delighted that they see the scope of the opportunity, and what to come on the journey. It’s our mission to be the most dog trainer, and dog owner friendly software company on the planet, and to solve the huge issues facing the training world today. Together I believe we can do it."
Jenson Funding Partners led the pre-seed round to help the career coaching application scale its team and product offerings.
"we’re always looking for scalable problem-solving solutions and what Harry has developed with Rocky.ai represents that. Whether you’re in your twenties or your forties, Rocky is designed to support the user."